New pics

Brooke actually posted this! I am so proud of her. Maybe next time she will write some comments to go along with the pictures!

That's my boy!

Ethan is learning at a young age! I actually wouldn't let him go to bed with the new ball in his bed, but after lights out he quickly got it and slept with it in his bed. He takes it to bed now every night. Any time a ball is around Ethan is the first to get it and won't let anyone else touch it.

I do have to say my boys are some crazy sleepers. They sleep in all kinds of positions and are constantly moving around. I go in multiple times a night to move them back onto the bed. Ethan doesn't even stop at night in his sleep! Quite the busy little boy.

OBOB & Silver Falls

The Thunderstruck Geckos!

Ethan was in there for about 5 seconds before we realized he had to go in the hall and wait.

Avery had her OBOB competition in Salem on Saturday and her team did fantastic. They earned enough points in the first two rounds to get to the finals. Unfortunately they lost their first match and were out of the competition. The Thunderstruck Geckos did great! To make it to the top 8 teams in the state is amazing.

After the competition we went with the Hansen family to hike Silver Falls. It was beautiful! It is about a five mile loop with two water falls. The kids were real troopers. I had Ethan in the backpack and Liam did well while he was hiking. He only got tired at the end and I had to carry both of them up the hill. Brooke and I realized we need to do more hiking this summer.



Ethan didn't stay out of the backpack for too long.

Liam and Bennett having fun.

5 & Blessing

5 days, 4 days, 3 days, 2 days ... today was finally Liam's birthday! Liam was more excited for his birthday than Christmas. Every day he had a count down for it. Today he got up at 5 am and was ready to open some presents (unfortunately mom and dad were up 'til 1 getting ready for his birthday and Andrew's blessing day). It was a great combination day - birthday and Andrew's blessing day.

Alissa and Robbie (my sister and brother-in-law) came with their family to be here and support us. It was nice to have them here. Elisa (Brooke's sister) was also able to come and be here for the special day. The blessing went well. Andrew was great and wore Muma's blue booties for the special occassion.

Liam was very excited for his special day. After our nice lunch Liam was dying to open his presents. We tried to make him wait until after the cake and ice cream to open them, but he saw the one he wanted and attacked. He knew right where the Transformer was and got to it before I even realized what was happening. Before I noticed what he was doing he was kneeling on the table and had opened 3 presents and was starting on number 4. Liam was a present opening machine. He had them all opened in about 3 minutes, tops. We all enjoyed Brooke's Lego cake and conversation. It was fun to have family here to enjoy such a great day.


Liam and Ethan singing Happy Birthday!

Liam goin' at those presents.

Cute Andrew.

Our little (not so much now) family

The Parker family.

Liam and Emilie playing outside. They had fun in primary together.

Boyz in the house

Things get going pretty fast with a new born. As I was looking at the last post I realized I haven't posted in 4 weeks. We are all adjusting to life with baby number 4. Avery is a great help, Liam isn't fazed, but Ethan is still adjusting. He is very clingy to dad and doesn't want me to hold the little guy. But we are doing well. And we even survived the weekend while Brooke and Andrew went to see her family in Utah. It will be nice to have her back though.

They all have their own unique look.


Ethan loves, "chacolate" milk just like his daddy.

Liam can work on his projects for hours. He tells us about these movies. He has a new movie each day. Sometimes he makes them into books and that are pretty entertaining. Lately, they are Transformer stories. He even makes Lego Transformers that go along with the story. Pretty funny kid.

2 weeks (almost)

Andrew is almost two weeks old. We are slowly adjusting to 4 kiddos in the house. Avery has been a good help. Liam is enjoying making baby talk and holding his brother. It's ironic that Ethan's favorite story right now is Olivia, because he is wearing me out. Brooke is feeling better every day. She is a great mom.

Notice the Ethan's swollen cheek. He fell and hit it while playing.




Grandma Marcheschi was able to give Andrew his first bath.

More photos of Andrew

Andrew Brady Cottle is doing great! Brooke is over the scare and has a slow recovery ahead of her. The bleeding has stopped and she is getting color back in her face. She may get to come home later tonight if all goes well. The kids got to visit last night and were very excited. Liam got to hold him and said, "Aren't you the cutest thing?"

New baby!

Our cute little guy!

Grammie giving the first bath.

Aunt Elisa and Grammie came to visit.





We have a new nameless baby! He is doing great. Brooke is still being watched because of her complications and bleeding. I will have to give the guessing game shout out later when we actually pick a name. Here are the stats:

8 lbs 6 oz - good size for 10 days early - not quite our biggest (actually our third biggest)
19 in. long

He is a cute little boy!

Guessing time!

With the babies birth quickly approaching I thought I would have everyone put down their bets on the new baby boy. The doctor told Brooke this week that the baby has dropped and is getting ready to come, which means any time in the next few weeks. If it doesn't come he will probably start her in a couple of weeks. It was a true awakening - the baby is really coming.

We really have no idea on the name. Brooke and I keep throwing out names, but nothing seems to stick. Last night we came up with our own list of a few names, but can't agree on any. So if you would like to write down your guess on the following we can see who is the closest.

1. Name
2. Birth date
3. Size

A big shout out will go to the winner! Good luck in the guessing.